Holt Science & Technology. Animals

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 256 pages. Do baboons have a sense of right and wrong? Do cats and dogs have their feelings hurt? Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. , makes the case that animals, once viewed only as mindless automatons, actually have rich sensory experiences and emotional complexity. Drawing on new research, observational studies, and personal anecdotes to reveal the full spectrum of animal experience, Balcombe paints a...

Macmillan Library Reference, 2001. - 242 pages. This encyclopedia set, part of the Macmillan Science Library series, is designed to accommodate middle-school students through college andergraduates. The work contains approximately 300 signed entries on a variety of topics relating to animal science, including animal development, functions, behavior, ecology, and evolution.The connection between animals and humans is also explored in entries suc...

Macmillan Library Reference, 2002. - 237 pages. This encyclopedia set, part of the Macmillan Science Library series, is designed to accommodate middle-school students through college undergraduates. The work contains approximately 300 signed entries on a variety of topics relating to animal science, including animal development, functions, behavior, ecology, and evolution.The connection between animals and humans is also explored in entries suc...

Macmillan Library Reference, 2002. - 240 pages. This encyclopedia set, part of the Macmillan Science Library series, is designed to accommodate middle-school students through college undergraduates. The work contains approximately 300 signed entries on a variety of topics relating to animal science, including animal development, functions, behavior, ecology, and evolution.The connection between animals and humans is also explored in entries suc...

Macmillan Library Reference, 2002. - 292 pages. This encyclopedia set, part of the Macmillan Science Library series, is designed to accommodate middle-school students through college undergraduates. The work contains approximately 300 signed entries on a variety of topics relating to animal science, including animal development, functions, behavior, ecology, and evolution.The connection between animals and humans is also explored in entries suc...

Delmar Cengage Learning, 2009. - 416 pages. Fish & Wildlife: Principles of Zoology and Ecology, 3rd Edition, is an introductory applied science textbook intended for use in high school programs focused on agriculture, and natural resource. The text provides a broad-spectrum overview of the wild animals of North America and the environments they live in, including basic principles of science as they apply to wild animals and the habitats they...

BRILL, 2007. - 700 pages. In this volume, specialists from various disciplines (Neo-Latin, French, German, Dutch, History, History of Science, Art History) explore the fascinating early modern discourses on animals in science, literature and the visual arts.

DK CHILDREN, 2006. - 48 pages. From morning to midnight, these beautifully illustrated guides invite readers to spend a day with the animals and plants that inhabit the world's most fascinating environments. The rain forest is as busy as a city, and the creatures that live there behave much like us. Spend 24 hours with some of its colorful characters and discover how they eat, sleep, rest, and play. In 24 Hours Rainforest we spend a day and n...

Marshall Cavendish Reference, 2011, 221 pages A companion to Atlas of the World’s Most Dangerous Animals (2007), this volume profiles 50 animals, among them the giraffe, the Siamese fighting fish, the koala, the great grey shrike, and the seahorse. Arrangement is by region, and each animal is covered in a four-page entry combing text with a Key Facts box and strong visuals, including photographs, maps, and artwork. Like the earlier work, this o...

Lerner Publications, 2009. - 48 pages. Readers learn about the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of piranhas thorough vivid photographs and clear, concise sentences. Vivid photographs and clear, concise sentences describe the life cycles of animals and plants. Each title meets the life science standards for lower middle graders and develops vocabulary and language skills.